COVID Test Vending Machine

At Oakland International Airport, vending machines in each airport’s terminals have been dispensing self-COVID-19 test that have been approved under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). You can now buy a Covid-19 test at Oakland International Airport just like you would a can of Coke or a bag of M&M’s.

Testing Kit Type

Wellness 4 Humanity's vending machines make the tests available through contactless purchase and payment on a mobile device. As of now, the vending machines sell only a saliva RT-PCR test kit, which requires sending your sample to a partner lab using a prepaid FedEx shipping label. Customers receive their results within 48 hours with 99% accuracy. Results are sent to customers via the TRUSTPASS app. The saliva test sells for about $150. At a later date, a slightly cheaper rapid antigen test kit will also be available. The antigen test sells for about $120 and provides results in just 15 minutes, with no shipping, lab work or app download required. Wellness 4 Humanity says this test has 97.4% accuracy and 100% specificity, meaning false negatives are unlikely. Future

Wellness 4 Humanity, the company behind the DIY-test vending machines, is currently in discussions with other major airports across the country, including at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. For Wellness 4 Humanity, the goal is to roll out 1,000 of its vending machines throughout the U.S. in the coming months. Future locations will include subway stations, entertainment venues and more hotels and airports, as well as college campuses, grocery stores, and shopping malls. Wellness 4 Humanity says travelers can soon expect to see these vending machines popping up in major cities across the U.S., from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Boston and Dallas.

"These vending machines are a significant milestone in helping to provide Americans with easier access to fast, highly accurate Covid-19 testing,”

said Lian Nguyen Pham, CEO and co-founder of Wellness 4 Humanity.

Information from Forbes